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(ModeL) L A. G. GREENE,

' BUTTON ORSTUD.

No. 256,211. Patented Apr. 11,1882.

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ALBERT o. GREENE, 0E PRovIDENoE, RHoDE ISLAND, (WILLI M B. wrear MAN ADMINISTRATOR 0E sAID GREENE, DECEASED.)

BUTTON OR STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,211, dated April 11, 1882.

Application filed August 11, 1881. (Mode-.1.)

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT U. GREENE, of the city and county of Providence, in the State of Rhode1sland,have invented a new and useful Improvementin Sleeve and Collar Buttons and Studs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sleeve and collar buttons and Studs in which the shoe is hinged upon the post,so that it may be turned parallel with the post for insertion into the buttonl1ole,and then, after insertion, turned at right angles thereto to retain it in the garment.

The object of my invention is to provide a button or stud that shall be simple and cheap in construction and not liable to get out of order, and one which can. be readily removed from the garment, and at the same time be free from liability to detach itself. These ends are attained by the special construction of the post and shoe, as will be set forth more at length hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showingthe shoe turned forinsertion into abutton-hole. Fig. 2 isatop view of the back plate of the shoe. Fig. 3 is a reverse view of Fig.2.

Fig. 4 shows edge views of the post. Fig. 5 shows one of the lugs and a part of the lining or back plate adjacent thereto and the pinhole through both.

0. represents the shoefwhich consists of an outer disk or plate swaged down upon an inner or back plate, a, which is provided with arectangular orifice, s, in its center and with lugs'c c. The lugs c c are turned or struck up out of the back plate, a, at right angles to the same, and forming the central orifice, s, in the back plate. At thecorners formed by the junction of the turned-up lugs with the back plate 1 punch or drill pin-holes e 6, so that they will be cut partly out of the upright lug and partly out ot'the horizontal back plate. The post-foot is passed through the orifice s from thei'rontof thcback plate, and thejournalpin e then inserted in the orifice c of the post. The post is then withdrawn until the journalpin 6 is engaged circumferentially by that edge of the pin-hole 6 contained in the lug, and abuts endwise against that edge of the hole contained in the back plate, the axis of the journal-pin and the edge of the back plate coinciding, and so preventing any endwise movement of the pin. This method of inserting the journal at the back instead of passing it through the side of the lugs in the usual way afi'ords a unique and secure and reliable means ofjointing the shoe and post together. A pin-journal inserted in the ordinary way will work loose and slide out and allow the parts to separate.

The post p is flat and has a head longer in its cross-section than the body of the post. It may be struck up out of a single solid piece of metal; or it may be formed bybending a flat strip of metal upon itself at the middle of its length, and then by means of a mandrel formingthe orifice a near its ends, and then turning said ends outwardly at right angles to the axis of the post to form the head of the same, as is shown in Fig. 4. The sides are then brought closely together, so that practically the central longitudinal opening in the postis very slight. The latter mode is perhaps the preferableone,as in thatthe necessity of drilling out a jonrnal-hole is done away with. The

same form of post may be obtained by soldering a hollow wire onto the end of a post, and then soldering a flat piece of metal to theupper side of the hollow wire. The only objection to constructing the post in the last-described mode is the amount oflabor involved and the greater liability of the parts to break or separate.

The object in making the head of the postp of greater cross-section than the body of the post is to throw the shoe farther over and a little oil a strict perpendicular, so that it will hug the post more closely, and so prevent any tendency to resume its normal position at right To put the parts of the button together, the

post p, formed in either of the above-described modes, is passed through the orifice s in the back plate. The journal-pin is then passed through the orifice in the post adjacent to the post-head, the pin projecting at each side of the same. The post is then withdrawn through the back plate, a, until the journal-pin enters the holes a e in the lugs c 0, until the edges of the back plate and the central diameter ofthe journal-pin coincide, or nearly so. Then aflat spring is laid across the back plate and posthead at right angles to the longest diameter of the post-head, and the edgeof the outer disk is then turned or swaged down upon the back plate, so confining and securing the several parts. The outer disk is slightly concave, and so enables the spring to operate. The spring keeps the journal-pin in the pin-holes and prevents the parts from separatiiw.

A head of any desired outline and ornamentation is attached to the front end of the post, as shown in Fig. l, A.

I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, in a button, of a head, A, a flat post provided with a head longer in its cross-section than the body of the post, the back plate, a, provided with a central orifice, s, and lugs c 0, and pin-holes e 6, contained partly in the lugs and partly in said back plate, a journal, 0, fiat spring, and outer plate, a, all arranged as shown, and operating as described.

2. In a button, the fiat post 12, consisting of a fiat strip of metal bent upon itself in the middle of its length, and provided with ajournalorifice, 0 near one end, swaged partly out of each side of said bent-up strip, and with the ends of said strip adjacent and exterior to said orifice bent outwardly in opposite directions to form a post-head longer in its crosssection than the body of the post.

ALBERT O. GREENE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES BRADLEY, HENRY MARSH, Jr. 

